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K. ALBERT.

TOBACCO BOX.

APPLIOATIOH FILED n11. a, 1911.

Patented July 11, 1911.

KARL ALBERT, OF WATHLINGEN, NEAR CELLE, GERMANY.

TOBAGCOIBOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 3, 1911.

Patented July 11, 1911.

erial No. 618,715.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL ALBERT, a sub ject of the German Emperor,residing at Wathlingen, near Celle, in Germany, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Tobacco-Boxes, of which the following is aspecification. I

The object of this invention is to provide a box for carryingrope-tobacco, with a de vice for conveniently cutting and removing plugsof tobacco therefrom.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a plan-view of'the box, with lid removed, Fig. 2 an insideView of the lid, Fig. 3 a section on the line A A of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 asection on the line BB of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 a plan-view of the lid,illustrating the cutting of the tobacco.

In the drawing a represents the box, 6 a spiral wall therein, and 0thepassage containing the rope-tobacco cl. The part c is a sharp-edgedshoe or wedge adapted to engage under the outer end of the tobacco coiland lift the tobacco as shown in Fig. 4:. The lid 7 has a flange gengaging over the edge h of the box, on which the lid is rotatable. Theaperture 2' in the lid is closable by the shutter is pivoted at Z insidethe lid. The tail 0 of the shutter forms a kind of pawl engaging anannular rack p with ratchet teeth fixed in the box to prevent rotationof the shutter during rotation of the lid in the direction indicated bythe arrow u in Fig. 1. On rotation of the lid in the direction indicatedby the arrow 9, the abutment 8 rotates the shutter with the lid, and theabutment m fixed to the shutter pushes the shoe 6 along the spiralpassage. The shoe in turn lifts the tobacco so that the end thereofprotrudes through the aperture 2'. On rotation of the lid on theopposite direction the plug of tobacco is sheared off between the sharpedge 6 of the aperture and the knife-edge n of the shutter, the latterbeing prevented from yielding, by the rack 10.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is 1. A tobacco-box comprising a spiral receptacle fora coil of ropet-obacco, an apertured rotatable lid onsaid receptacle, awedge-device movable in said spiral receptacle and adapted to engageunder and lift one end of the tobacco rope, and an abutment carried bythe lid for moving said wedge-device so that the wedge lifts therope-end through the lid-aperture.

2. A tobacco-box comprising a spiral receptacle for a coil ofrope-tobacco, an apertured rotatable lid on said receptacle, a wedgedevice movable in said spiral receptacle and adapted to engage under andlift one end of the tobacco rope, an abutment carried by the lid formoving said wedgedeviceso that the wedge lifts the rope-end through thelid-aperture, and means for shearing off the lifted ropeend by rotationof the lid.

3. A tobacco-box comprising a spiral receptacle for a coil ofrope-tobacco, an apertured rotatable lid on said receptacle, awedge-device movable in said spiral receptacle and adapted to engageunder and lift one end of the tobacco rope, a sharp-edged slide pivotedinside the lid, means preventing rotation of the slide with the lid inone direction, an abutment whereby the lid rotates the slide with it inthe other direction, and an abutment fixed to the slide for moving theWedge-device so that the wedge lifts the rope-end through thelid-aperture, enabling the rope-end to be out off by coaction of theslide with an edge of the aperture when the lid is rotated without theslide.

In witness whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

KARL ALBERT.

Witnesses: I

MARTA L. THOMPSON, JAMES M. BowoooK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

